Poultry-fountain.



K. B. MARTIN.

POULTRY FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.25,1909.

Patented. Feb. 8, 1910.

GRAHAM co P -mo-ummwzm WASNIMJAM n l- E ST KENNETH B. MARTIN, OF FAIRGROVE, MISSOURI.

IPOULTRY-FOUNTAIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 25, 1909.

Patented Feb. 8, 1910.

Serial No. 479,898.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KENNETH B. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fair Grove, in the county of Greene and State of Missouri,have invented new and useful Improvements in Poultry-Fountains, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to poultry fountains, and one of the princi alobjects of the same is to provide a selfeeding drinking fountain forpoultry in which the water will be kept from freezing and in which thewater in the drinking trough will be kept at the required temperaturebest adapted for drinking purposes.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple drinking fountainfor poultry which can be readily conveyed from place to place, whichwill not freeze up and in which the poultry is kept from alighting orstand ing upon the top of the fountain or reservoir.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a poultry fountain made in accordancewith my invention, a portion of the trough being broken away to betterillustrate the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through thereservoir, the heating chamber and the trough, modified means beingshown for securing the reservoir to the trough and heating chamber.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a conical heatingchamber, said chamber being preferably formed of a seamless metalliccone provided with air holes 2 near the base thereof and provided with ahook 3 secured to the apex of the cone and depending upon the insidethereof. The hook 3 is provided with a plurality of upwardly extendingbills 4 for supporting the bail or handle 5 of a lantern 6.

Secured around the outer wall of the cone 1 is an outwardly flaringtrough 7, said trough terminating at its lower edge above the air holes2 in the heating chamber. Angular supporting stops 8 are secured to theouter wall of the conical heating chamber 1 to support the lower edge ofthe water reservoir. The water reservoir 9 is permanently closed at itsupper end by means of the top 10, properly connected to the upper edgeof the reservoir 9. A conical cover 11 is removably placed upon the top10 and is'provided with a handle 12. This cap or cover 11 is used toprevent the poultry from alighting or standing upon the top of thereservoir.

As shown in Fig. 1, a pair of hooks or latches 13 are connected at theopposite sides of the trough 8 by means of perforated lugs 14, saidhooks or latches being removably connected to keepers 15 secured to theouter side of the reservoir 9. A suitable handle or bail 16 is pivotedto cars 17 for conveying the fountain from place to place.

As shown in Fig. 2, the latches or hooks 13 are dispensed with, and intheir stead is used a pair of hooks 18 secured to the opposite sides ofthe reservoir 9. To engage the hooks 18 and to hold the reservoir inconnection with the heating chamber and trough oppositely disposed hooks19 are secured at their outer ends to the trough, said hooks havingdownwardly extending bills 20 to engage the hooks 18.

The operation of my invention may be briefly described as follows: Forfilling the reservoir 9 it is disconnected from the heating chamber andinverted. When the water has been placed in the reservoir 9 the cone 1is inserted and the hooks are engaged to hold the two parts properlyconnected. In this condition the fountain is reversed, the water feedingdown underneath the lower edge of the reservoir into the trough 7 Thelantern 6 can be readily connected to 'one of the bills 4: of the hook 3by pushing the lantern up into the cone.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that the water in the reservoirwill be kept at the required temperature and prevented from freezing,and that the water in the trough will also be kept warm and preventedfrom freezing.

My invention is of simple construction; can be manufactured at low cost,is composed of few parts, and can be readily carried from place toplace.

I claim The herein described drinking fountain for poultry comprising awater reservoir, a tending radially from the center thereof for 10conical heating chamber extending into the supporting a lantern.

reservoir from the bottom thereof, means for In testimony whereof Iaflix my signature detachably connecting the heating chamber in presenceof two Witnesses.

. to the reservoir, a trough connected to the KENNETH B. M ARTIN'heating chamber and extending around the bottom of the reservoir, and ahook extend- Witnesses:

ing from the apex inside the conical heater, JOHN L. FLETCHER, said hookcomprising a series of bills ex- I E. P. BUNYEN.

